Rumption

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A loud disturbance; a rumpus, uproar. dialectal

    "I leap to my feet with a rumption, turning over the bench where I'm sitting. "But," I say, looking to both sides of me in shock."

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"I leap to my feet with a rumption, turning over the bench where I'm sitting. "But," I say, looking to both sides of me in shock."

Etymology

Probably from rumpus + -tion.

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